# featous

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Neat, pretty.
2. Well made; elegant, graceful.

## Etymology
From Middle English fetis, from Old French fetis, faitis, from Latin factīcius. Doublet of factitious.
The spelling reflects an assumption that the word was derived from feat (“dexterous, neat”) + -ous.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/featous
